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Happy Birthday, Internet!

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-a-kid-anymore dept.

NobodyExpects writes "I'd like to wish a happy birthday to the Internet! Today marks its 40th birthday! In fall 1969, computers sending data between two California universities set the stage for the Internet, which became a household word in the 1990s. On September 2nd 1969, in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, two computers passed test data through a 15-foot gray cable. Stanford Research Institute joined the fledgling ARPANET network a month later; UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah joined by years end, and the internet was born."

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  1. Re:Looking forward... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I fucked your dead great grandmother while posting this message on the interwebs.

  2. Re:Looking forward... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And I posted pictures of it to 4chan.

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  4. YUO FAILY IT... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Bad grammar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "I'd like to wish a happy birthday to the Internet!"

    OK, so wish a happy birthday to the Internet already. Saying you'd like to wish a happy birthday is not the same as wishing a happy birthday.

    This is the same politeness-gone-wrong grammar that happens all the time. Next time you're on an airplane, listen to the flight attendants say "We'd like to welcome you aboard". With that statement, they are not actually welcoming you on board. Rather, they are voicing their intention to welcome you on board. It would be better for the flight attendant to say "Welcome aboard".